Ballistic transport of a polariton ring condensate with spin precession

Q. Yao, E. Sedov, S. Mukherjee, J. Beaumariage, B. Ozden, K. West, L. Pfeiffer, A. Kavokin, D. W. Snoke

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Abstract

It is now routine to make Bose-Einstein condensates of polaritons with long enough lifetime and low enough disorder to travel ballistically for hundreds of microns in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) wires. We present observations of a nonequilibrium polariton condensate injected at one point in a quasi-1D ring, with a well-defined initial velocity and direction. A clear precession of the circular polarization is seen, which arises from an effective spin-orbit-coupling term in the Hamiltonian. Our theoretical model accurately predicts the experimentally observed behavior and shows that "zitterbewegung"behavior plays a role in the motion of the polaritons.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number245309
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume106
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 15 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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